Wheel holder



June 18, 1935. L. J. PATTON ET AL WHEEL HOLDER Filed Aug. 16, 1934 INVENTORS. [,az/A: cf 74/10 1 Horace J Term/Z ATTORNEYS Patented June 18, 1935 p r t h UNlTED mm PATENT orries W "Louis J. Patton and Horace J. Terrill, Benton Harbor, Mich.

Application August 16, 1934, Serial No. '140,032 4 Claims. .(OL 144*288) The objects of this invention are: I spaced; therefrom to receive the slide ii and the FiZSt,'t0 provide a simple and effective Support cross piece l3 spaced fron the member 6. The for holding the rim of an automobile wheel or end i of slide H is bent over as shown to prothe wheel itself in a convenient position for revide' a convenient handle for manipulating the 5 moval or mounting of a tire thereon.- slide. The cross piece i3 is fastened at one end 5 Second, to provide such an apparatusthat will to the member 8 with a bolt 55 and at the other support the rim or wheel without marring the. end with a bolt it having a knurled nut I'Lmaksame. I ing it possible by tightening the nut I! to clamp Third, to provide such a support that is simple the side it in any desired position. 10 in construction and can be cheaply manufactured. On the faces of angle members 4, we provide 10 Fourth, to'providesuch a support that is espeupwardly facing hooks I8, one oneach member. cially adapted for use with the present day popu- These hooks are so conformed that they will enlar drop center'rims. gage the inside of the edge of the peripheral groove Fifth, to provide such a support that can be of a the rim and are especially adapted to engage folded flat for shipping. 5 I I the inn-er edge of the drop center rims now in such 15 Other objects and advantages pertaining to favor in the automotive industry. These hooks details of construction and operation willappear serve to support a wheel placed thereon without from the description to follow} A P e d e mar-ring" the finish of the wheel. A similarhook bodiment :of my invention is illustrated in the it; but downwardly facing, is mounted on the mp nyin r w n in w ich: slide H to be moved into engagement with arim 20 i 1 is a p p t v v of y mproved supported on the hook 58 to hold it firmly in support. I I place while work is being done on the tire on I Fig. 2.is a side elevation in section showing a th i wh th ort d, 7 tire mounted. 0 t S pp I In using the apparatus, the rim or wheel with 3 19a detail Sectional View 011 line of an uninflated tireisplaced on hooks i8 which en- 25 v g'ajgethe inner side of the rim and support the 4 s a View Of y apparatus folded fiat wheel and the hook i9 is then slid into adjustment Shipping. with the upper part of the rim and the tightening The parts W111 be identified by their numerals of nut I! firmly holds the wheel or rim in place. of reference which are the same in all the views. The angle t hi h the tir re ts makes it very 30 The stand consists of a base having angle iron convenient for an perator standing upon 1a Side memb I having a p of their ends joined form 3 to remove the tire in the usual manner and by c111 and member 2 and the other pair of ends the angle is such that in putting the tire on, the 307311841 by a W006i metal Panel 3 which SBIVBS operator is in the best position to exert downward as a P m for the Person using h Stand which pressure to force the tire in place. The platform adds his Wei t 0 the apparatus for holding it makes it possible for the operator to hold down the 011 the floor, making it possible to have a portable apparatus which can be pgrtable and e thus pro... appa s Which in use has the rigidity of a 1 vide a Very convenientstable portable support for mom t S pp 4 are slanting Support wheels or rims while tire repair work is being done. 40 bers each bolted at one end with a bolt 5 to the In Fig 2 W Show a mm 29 suppgrted on the side members i of the base. These members are apparatus and it will be appreciated that with joinedat their upper end by cross pieces 6 and such a simple apparatus we obtain a most satisto form a supporting framework. hAt 8 wetshow factory Support supports for this framework whic suppor s are a H L bolt-ed with bolts 9 to the ends of the base oppofggggiflfii d 5"": a Th members 4 are i 2 gg i i f g g as shzwn the member the members 8 are swung inside of the members 5 b v 7 i 3 is bolted with bolts 3 to the upper end of and the whole apparatus isfolded as shown with members i, the members 8 being disposed inside the members 8 and 4 157mg lnsld'e o the members of the members A as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. At 5 and the basethe upper end of the supporting framework We have shown and described the apparatus in formed by the members l, 6 and '1, We provide the forms preferred y ut W t0 Claim the a slide it which is mounted in slideways formed same broadly as well as specifically, as pointed by the members 6 and 'I with the cross piece l2 out in the appended claims. I

on the members 1 riveted or bolted thereto and Having thus described our invention, what we 55 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an apparatus for supporting the rim of an automobile wheel for tire repair work, the combination of a base comprising a pair of angle iron side members having one pair of adjacent ends joined by an end member and the other ends joined by a platform, a pair of slanting angle iron support members each bolted to one of said side members at a point spaced from the ends thereof and having their upper ends fastened to-' gether to form a supporting framework, a pair of supports for said framework each having one end bolted to one of said side members at the end opposite said platform and the other end bolted to the upper end of said slanting supporting framework, an upwardly facing hook on each of said slanting support members adapted to engage the inside of the peripheral groove of a rim of an automobile wheel to support the same, a-slideway at the upper end of said slanting supporting framework, a slide in said slideway, a downwardly facing hook on said slide adapted to engage the peripheral groove of a rim of an automobile wheel supported on said upwardly facing hooks, and means for retaining said downwardly facing hook in engagement with the rim of a wheel thus supported. I

2. In an apparatus for supporting the rim of -anautomobile wheel for tire repair work,

the combination of a base having a pair of angle iron side members,-a pair of slanting angle iron support members each bolted to one of said side members at a point spaced from the ends thereof a and'having their upper ends fastened together said slanting supporting framework, a slide in said slideway, a downwardly facing hook on said slide adapted to engage the peripheral groove 0 a rim of an automobile wheel supported on said upwardly facing hooks, and means for retaining said downwardly facing hook in engagement with the rim of a wheel thus supported.

3. In an apparatus for supporting the rim of an automobile wheel for tire repair work, the combination of a base, a pair of slanting support members one bolted to each side of said base at a point spaced from the ends thereof and having their upper ends fastened together to form a supporting framework, a pair of supports for said framework each having one end bolted to one side of said base and the otherend bolted to the upper end. of said slanting supporting framework, an upwardly facing hook on each of said slanting support members adapted to engage the inside of the peripheral groove of a rim of an automobile wheel to support the same, a slideway at the upper end of said slanting supporting framework, a slide in said slideway, a downwardly facinghook onrsaid slide adapted to engage the peripheral groove of a rim of an automobile wheel supported 'onsaid upwardly facing hooks, and means for retaining said'downwardly facing hook in engagement with the rim of a wheel thus supported.

4. In a device for supporting the rim of an automobile wheel, for tire repair work, the combination'o'f a slanting'support against which a rim maybe laid, said support having a pair of'spaced upwardly facing hook members projecting there- 1 tioned hookmembe'rs along the plane of said support and adapted to engagev in the edge of the peripheral groove of arim supported in said upwardly facing hooks and against said support;

and means for holding" said downwardly facing hook in engagement with a rim thus supported.

I r l i LOUIS J. PATTON.

HORACE J. TERRILL. 

